BMW attempting to recruit 700 people to lease the all electric ActiveE 1 Series for $499 a month for 24 months

BMW attempting to recruit 700 people to lease the all electric ActiveE 1 Series for $499 a month for 24 months

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BMW attempting to recruit 700 people to lease the all electric ActiveE 1 Series for $499 a month for 24 months

Sad, sad times at BMW these days. We understand electrics are going become more and more popular in the future but how in the world is it that the company who coined "The Ultimate Driving Machine" is pushing slow and heavy electrics in the USA over their best performance cars? Is there really a bigger market for people to be guinea pigs for an unproven all electric car for 24 months at $499 a pop (plus downpayment of $2,250) than for an M3 GTS, CSL, or even the new diesel M cars? Ultimate what?

We think BMW will find enough insane hippies in California alone to make this happen. BMW is calling the lessees "Electronauts" as they state they are adventurers and explorers. What can you really explore with a 100 mile range? What kind of adventure or excitement can you have in a car that takes 9 seconds to get to 60 other than someone with a real Ultimate Driving Machine honking for you to move the hell out of the way?

So I got to ask, but how is this any better than the Tesla? Besides the obvious of it being a BMW... Don't the Tesla's get more than 100 miles on a single charge already... (granted the tesla is in the $100k price range)... Seems like BMW is behind the curve a little, if you ask me..

How bout more hybrids... But instead of a gas / electric hybrid, how bout a Diesel / Electric Hybrid?... or is that an even stupider idea than this Active E crap...

BMW isn't doing a great job of appealing to the people... Much like our current government... Are they taking lessons from each other?

BMW:
-Won't release 'M' diesels in NA market (i didn't participate in that survey, who did?)
-Releases Electric Cars that compared to what Tesla and Fisker have released are childs play (these guys have electrics with 200+ mile ranges)
Hell the Chevy Volt does a better job than the Active E crap
-Won't do a Diesel/Electric Hybrid (I believe Mercedes Benz is working on one, as is Volvo)
-Thinks the NA won't buy diesels because of the stigma of the 70's (again, who are they surveying?)

BMW:
-Won't release 'M' diesels in NA market (i didn't participate in that survey, who did?)
-Releases Electric Cars that compared to what Tesla and Fisker have released are childs play (these guys have electrics with 200+ mile ranges)
Hell the Chevy Volt does a better job than the Active E crap
-Won't do a Diesel/Electric Hybrid (I believe Mercedes Benz is working on one, as is Volvo)
-Thinks the NA won't buy diesels because of the stigma of the 70's (again, who are they surveying?)

I won't even think about it on my end... I don't even have a Diesel... The cost to even covert to a diesel would be insane... A shame I can't trade in my X5 for the diesel and still only owe the same amount on my loan...

i think people need to be more open minded to future fueling possibilities...in the end i really don't care what fuels my engine as long as it delivers...as long as the driving dynamics and power delivery keep getting enhanced and worked on I could care less...don't take away from suspension, body work, speed, power and i really won't care what fuel the thing is running on...you want engine, exhaust or other noises? well, there's ways to emulate that really well lol